Chapter two thousand and twenty-eight preparations for war
Martial law was imposed in the north of Daban City. Zeng Yi and the others found that they could not get out just because they were late for a moment. Ishida Mitsunari had already ordered that the martial law be imposed on Daban. Fortunately, Zeng Yi and others knew that Ishida Mitsunari was not under martial law.
Because of them, it was the old fellow Toyotomi Hideyoshi who finally died!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the hero of the island country, was born in poverty. He lost his father when he was eight years old. He remarried with his mother and became a prostitute. He didn't even have a surname. Because he lived in too poor a young age and was thin, he was given a "monkey"
"The title. Hideyoshi was not willing to live in such poverty. With nothing, he threw himself into the vigorous annexation war at the age of twenty and worked as a pawn under Oda Nobunaga. As a result, he became prosperous and lost his shackles.
What he gained was the country. Hideyoshi quickly showed his prominence with his intelligence and ability honed in a hard life, and was appreciated by Oda Nobunaga. First, Hideyoshi served as the guardian of Kyoto, and later he was granted a large territory by Oda Nobunaga.
Ranked among the great names. After that, Hideyoshi followed Nobunaga through life and death and repeatedly made outstanding military exploits.
Hideyoshi went on an expedition and was surrounded, and Oda Nobunaga led his troops to come to the rescue. On the way, he camped and rested at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto. Mitsuhide Akechi, a retainer who was usually bullied too much, suddenly rebelled and suddenly surrounded Oda Nobunaga in the temple. Suddenly, Oda Nobunaga
Unprepared, without reinforcements, and unwilling to be captured by his retainers, he finally set himself on fire. A generation of heroes perished. Hideyoshi learned of this, quickly returned to the army, attacked the rebels, quickly defeated the Akechi army, and killed the rebels.
At that time, Oda Nobunaga had just completed half of his great cause of unification. Oda had already gained half of the sixty-six countries, and the remaining unfinished work was completed by Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi killed Akechi Mitsuhide, he regarded himself as Nobunaga's successor.
This caused the rebellion of Nobunaga's generals. Hideyoshi suppressed the resistance of Nobunaga's disciples and important ministers one after another, and then continued the unification war, and finally basically unified the country.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi came from a humble background, but he worked hard and established the great cause of unifying Japan. Trapped by his origin, he worked hard to prove himself throughout his life, but at the peak of his career, he mistakenly launched the war against Korea and violated the interests of the Central Plains.
, this war eventually became a fatal blow to him, causing his life's achievements to be wiped out, and his body and family to decline.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, and the rock that was holding Tokugawa Ieyasu and others down finally broke. Oita Castle suddenly came under martial law. When Tokugawa Ieyasu and others heard the news, they immediately realized that Toyotomi Hideyoshi might be dead.
, and immediately sent troops to Daban to investigate. In a short time, people sent by the famous names from all over the island country rushed to Daban in an endless stream.
The news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death cannot be concealed at all. Ishida Mitsunari does not have the ability to conceal it. Even if he wants to conceal it, as long as Zeng Yi and his pro-army commander are around, this news cannot be concealed. If he does not tell, Zeng
Yi would naturally send someone to tell him. Soon the news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death spread throughout the island country. When the big names in the island country heard the news, they were happy that no one was suppressing them, but also sad that the unified island country would once again
Get into chaos.
Zeng Yi and others previously estimated that once Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, the island country would definitely be in civil strife. Now that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead, the island country has become calmer. Even the verbal attacks on each other in the past few days have suddenly stopped.
But Zeng Yi knew that this was just the calm before the storm?
The conflict has not yet begun, but the daimyo from all over the island country have all begun a new round of preparations for war. Zeng Yi and others can't wait for them to start the war. The four brothers studied it and simply asked the pro-military Duwei Mansion to spread rumors and directly
It clarified the contradictions among the islanders.
Soon, various parts of the island country began to discuss the issue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's successor. Toyotomi Hideyoshi left no descendants. Naturally, the so-called successor must be found among Toyotomi Hideyoshi's men. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's former subordinates, except for the five big guys,
Because of the Korean War, there were people outside the Ukita Hide family who lost power, but the ones with the highest voices were Tokugawa Ieyasu and Uesugi Kagekatsu.
The two indeed inherited most of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strength. The first one to take action was Tokugawa Ieyasu. Through the introduction of a wealthy businessman from the island country, his son Tadaki Rokuro married one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's former daimyo.
, the eldest daughter of Date Masamune, Goro Hachihime. At that time, Tadaki was only eight years old, and Goro Hachihime was only six years old. This was undoubtedly a political marriage implemented by Ieyasu for the sake of future political strategy. In addition, Tokugawa Ieyasu also
He adopted his nephew, Mantenhime, the daughter of the same daimyo Matsudaira Yasunari, as his adopted daughter, and was betrothed to Masayuki, the son of another daimyo, Fukushima Masanori; he adopted Ogasawara Hidemasa's daughter Manki as his adopted daughter, and was betrothed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's retainer Hachisuka Kasei.
His son Toyo.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's series of marriages rapidly expanded his power. However, in order to prevent the daimyo from forming cliques during his lifetime, Hideyoshi specifically ordered that "daimyo are not allowed to marry at will". Tokugawa Ieyasu's behavior obviously violated this rule
After learning about this incident, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and those who wanted to compete for supremacy were naturally very angry. They all took action to join forces to expand their strength.
The civil war on the island was about to break out. However, the first ones to fight were not Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kamigami Kagekatsu, but several generals under Toyotomi Hideyoshi who had returned from Korea. These people were not weak in strength, but
During the First World War in Korea, a lot of power was lost. Ever since the Battle of Korea, you people have held a grudge against Ishida Mitsunari and other Bunji factions in order to restore your own power. Toyotomi Hideyoshi once joined seven generals in a joint attack on Ishida
Mitsunari and Ishida San didn't have much commanding ability at all. Naturally, they couldn't defeat those generals who had experienced hundreds of battles. The desperate Mitsunari had to take his men and hide in Ieyasu for protection. Although nothing serious happened in the end, Mitsunari couldn't.
He refused to accept Ieyasu's order and lived in seclusion in his hometown, Mount Sawa.
Those generals did not expect that their actions did not reap any benefits, but instead strengthened Tokugawa Ieyasu's power again. By this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu had actually controlled more than half of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's power.
Although Tokugawa Ieyasu is still not as good as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he is currently the strongest daimyo in the island country. After that, Tokugawa Ieyasu directly led his army into Toyotomi Hideyoshi's hometown, Osaka Castle, and began to officially
Replaced Toyotomi Hideyoshi and performed government affairs.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's action undoubtedly stimulated other ambitious daimyo. Daimyo from all over the country began to build new cities, repair the cities in their territories, prepare roads, hoard food and grass, purchase weapons, gather ronin and other actions to prepare for war.